The Meaning of Proverbs 5:18 Explained

Proverbs 5:18

KJV: Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

YLT: Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

Darby: Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.

ASV: Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Let thy fountain  be blessed:  and rejoice  with the wife  of thy youth. 

What does Proverbs 5:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 5

1  Solomon exhorts to wisdom
3  He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness and riot
15  He exhorts to contentedness, generosity, and chastity
22  The wicked are overtaken with their own sins

What do the individual words in Proverbs 5:18 mean?

Let be your fountain blessed and rejoice with the wife of your youth
יְהִֽי־ מְקוֹרְךָ֥ בָר֑וּךְ וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ

יְהִֽי־  Let  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
מְקוֹרְךָ֥  your  fountain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מָקֹור  
Sense: spring, fountain.
בָר֑וּךְ  blessed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח  and  rejoice 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שָׂמַח  
Sense: to rejoice, be glad.
מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת  with  the  wife 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
נְעוּרֶֽךָ  of  your  youth 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: נְעוּרִים 
Sense: youth, early life.

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